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"present",
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},
{
"form": "having one's fingers in many pies",
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"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "had one's fingers in many pies",
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"form": "had one's fingers in many pies",
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}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"glosses": [
"To be involved in many, or too many, different things."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To be involved in many, or too many, different things."
],
"related": [
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"word": "spread oneself thin"
},
{
"word": "wear too many hats"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "ידו בכול"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "ידו טמונה בכל צלחת"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "estar en todos los fregados"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "estar en todos los saraos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "estar en todas las salsas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "estar hasta en la sopa"
}
]
}
],
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"tags": [
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}
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"form": "having one's fingers in many pies",
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "had one's fingers in many pies",
"tags": [
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},
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"form": "had one's fingers in many pies",
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]
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"word": "spread oneself thin"
},
{
"word": "wear too many hats"
}
],
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"glosses": [
"To be involved in many, or too many, different things."
],
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"(idiomatic) To be involved in many, or too many, different things."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "ידו בכול"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "ידו טמונה בכל צלחת"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "estar en todos los fregados"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "estar en todos los saraos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "estar en todas las salsas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be involved in many different things",
"word": "estar hasta en la sopa"
}
],
"word": "have one's fingers in many pies"
}
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